Posted by viridis on December 3, 2002, at 11:33:29
In reply to Re: Ahh... last try- experimemtal drug for anxiety??, posted by Mr Cushing on December 3, 2002, at 10:21:19
People with anxiety disorders usually don't increase their dose of benzos over time; many actually decrease the dose voluntarily. I've used Klonopin daily for well over a year, and am still at the same low dose I started at. It works just as well as it did at the beginning, and I've declined my pdoc's offers to increase the dose if necessary. I used Xanax a fair bit too at first and now take it very rarely. Don't get me wrong -- these drugs definitely have the potential for inducing dependence, but from what I've experienced, read, and been told by my psychiatrist, tolerance/dose escalation isn't generally a big problem for patients with serious anxiety or panic disorders, and true addiction is very rare. I certainly have no desire to gulp handfuls of them (that would just put me to sleep).
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